Join us for the CARAM Lecture Series, “Anthropology, the Anthropocene, and Africa,” organised by Nick Rahier and Koen Stroeken as part of their new elective MA in African Studies course on the Anthropocene.

This open access book offers the first full-length, empirical deep-dive into everyday policework in the Democratic Republic of Congo. At the same time, its findings go well beyond the DRC and Africa, ultimately providing a new, startlingly nuanced theoretical framework for understanding what police practice and reform efforts tell us about states anywhere in the world.

The 3rd edition of the Nigeria-Belgium-Luxembourg Business Forum (NBLBF) 2025 will take place in Brussels, Belgium, from October 22nd to 24th, 2025 in attendance of H.E. Agbu Kefas, Governor of Taraba State and H.E. Festus Keyamo Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Nigeria.

Organized in partnership with carefully selected corporate entities and supported by the Embassies of Belgium and Nigeria in Abuja and Brussels, this high-level business forum aims to foster stronger economic ties and investment opportunities between Nigeria, Belgium, and Luxembourg.

This Community Talk showcases the impact of collaboration between the Data Science Institute (DSI) of UHasselt and partners in the Global South. Alongside research highlights, the session will feature recently completed projects. Speakers – including promotors at DSI and in the South, as well as master’s and PhD students – will share what has been achieved, the impact created, and the personal and professional value gained.

We are delighted to invite you to the CliMigHealth Africa hub Summer School 2026, hosted by the School for Climate Studies at Stellenbosch University, South Africa, from 3–6 February 2026.

This CPD-accredited, in-person event marks the third rotation of the established CliMigHealth Short Course series, which brings together diverse experts to examine the urgent and interlinked challenges of climate change, migration, and health.

In a time of growing global instability, from climate-related disasters to political polarisation and humanitarian crises, the urgency to protect and promote Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) has never been greater. The ANSER 2026 Conference brings together researchers, policymakers, practitioners, CSO representatives and private sector actors to foster collaborative action toward safeguarding SRHR as a policy priority.

hub.brussels, in close collaboration with the Walloon Export and Foreign Investment Agency (AWEX) and Flanders Investment & Trade (FIT), is organizing a Belgian economic and trade mission to Nairobi from 10 to 15 November 2025. 

The Africa Platform will participate in this trip, in the framework of which a UGent alumni event will be organised in Mombasa, on Saturday night 15 November. 

The Africa Platform fellowships are aimed at postdoctoral researchers (junior or senior lecturers & professors) who are affiliated with an African higher education or research institution. 

Five fellowships will be awarded in 2025.

Les bourses de la Plateforme Afrique sont destinées à des chercheurs postdoctoraux (chargés de cours juniors ou seniors et professeurs) qui sont rattachés à une institution africaine d’enseignement ou de recherche.

Cinq bourses seront octroyées en 2025.